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Outside The Nashville City Limits

by Joan Baez

Biography:

Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer and a songwriter who is of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early '60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry.

In the late '60s and early '70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably "Diamonds & Rust," a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and "Sweet Sir Galahad," a song about sister Mimi Fariña's ( of Richard & Mimi Fariña fame) second marriage

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Outside The Nashville City Limits by Joan Baez

CAPO 5th fret - The Original Key is F

C Am
Outside the Nashville city limits, a friend and I did drive,
C Am
On a day in early winter, I was glad to be alive
F G Am F
We went to see some friends of his, who lived upon a farm
F G Am F
Strange and gentle country folk, who wished nobody harm
F G F G
Fresh-cut sixty acres, eight cows in the barn
Am Em F Em
But the thing that I remember, on that cold day in December
F G C
Was that my eyes they did brim over, as we talked

C Am
In the slowest drawl I ever heard, the man said "Come with me
C Am
If y'all wanna see the prettiest place in all of Tennessee."
F G Am F
He poured us each a glass of wine and a-walking we did go,
F G Am F
Along fallen leaves and crackling ice, where a tiny brook did flow
F G F G
He knew every inch of the land, and Lord he loved it so
Am Em F Em
But the thing that I remember, on that cold day in December
F G C
Was that my eyes were brimming over, as we walked

C Am
He sat my down upon a stone, beside a running spring
C Am
He talked in a voice so soft and clear, like the waters I heard sing
F G Am F
He said "We searched quite a time for a place to call our own.
F G Am F
There was just me and Mary John and now I guess we're home."
F G F G
I looked at the ground and wondered, how many years they each had roamed
Am Em F Em
And Lord I do remember, on that day in late December
F G C
How my eyes kept brimming over, as we talked

#Key Change: +2 Semi-Tones#

D
As we walked
D Bm
And standing there with outstretched arms, he said to me "You know,
D Bm
I can't wait till the heavy storms cover the ground with snow,
G A Bm G
And there on the pond the watercress is all that don't turn white.
G A Bm G
When the sun is high you squint your eyes and look at the hills so bright."
G A G A
And nodding his head my friend said, "It seems like overnight,
Bm Gbm G Gbm
That the leaves come out so tender at the turning of the winter..."
G A D
I thought the skies they would brim over, as we talked